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Sandtarts are sweet butter cookies that remind me of my grandmother with every bite. Plus they’re super easy and whip up really fast!

In my family these cookies are called Sandtarts and are undoubtedly a Christmas cookie. When my grandmother was alive she would make these by the truck load. Cookie making in general was an event at her house every year. She’d clear off her long dining room table that fit our entire 12 member family, lay down thin baking towels, and make dozens upon dozens of cookies. If there weren’t at least 4-6 dozen per cookie {and there were usually 4 to 5 types of cookies at least} she felt like she didn’t make enough. No joke.

We cut back making cookies on such a large scale when my grandma got sick a few years ago, sticking to the most popular three and only making a couple dozen each. And now that she’s gone and not encouraging my grandpa to help make them and the rest of us to help eat them we make just two kinds each year. These Sandtarts and her favorite biscuit cookies. I never was a fan of the heavy biscuit cookie sprinkled with sanding sugar that she loved so much.

But these. Oh, man. These cookies are absolutely melt in your mouth amazing probably because they’re made up mostly of butter and sugar. They’re thin and spread a lot thanks to all that butter. I like them crunchy but my dad used to always pop them into the microwave for 10-15 seconds to warm them up and make them soft again. Whichever way you like them you’ll want to make a big batch and keep some in the freezer to make whenever you have a craving!

Since tomorrow is my grandma’s birthday and I didn’t get to go home and indulge in any Christmas cookies this year I decided to whip up a batch in her memory. Because it’s absolutely impossible for me to make these and not think of her. She’d be 83 this year and I know that she’d love how dog eared and smudged and stained my copy of the family cookbook is. Happy Birthday, Gramma!

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Grandma's Butter Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

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Ingredients

• 4 sticks salted butter
• 2 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour

Instructions

1. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and mix well.
2. Add flour 1 cup at a time and mix until completely combined after each addition.
3. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet 2 inches apart.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown around the edges and transfer immediately to a flat surface to cool.